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By the end of the summer the cloud is going to be everywhere, predicts Good Data CEO & industry veteran Roman Stanek.

"What is happening to computing today is a revolution, the biggest discontinuity I've experienced in the last twenty years of my career..." said keynote speaker Roman Stanek last month in Prague, the Czech Republic, as he gave the opening keynote at Cloud Computing Expo Europe 2009.

By the end of the summer the cloud is going to be everywhere, Stanek predicted. "It's going to be very disruptive and we still don't know what's ahead of us."

So everything is going to be about Cloud. But is cloud computing enabling the construction of a completely new technology stack, or is it just moving the existing technology stack into the cloud?

"I believe it is a new technology stack. I see a level of innovation in the cloud that I haven't see for a long time," said Stanek.

He looked next at why businesses are choosing to move to the cloud, and what it means in terms of security and control? Compared to what we have today, in security terms, it's comparable, Stanek contends, noting that 1,200 notebooks are lost or stolen at Los Angeles airport in just a week....and 65% of notebooks do not have any kind of data protection in place.

Plenty of companies are beginning to provide control of the Cloud, Stanek noted, making it a safe place for SMBs to store their data - although of course appropriate Cloud providers need choosing with care.

Cloud computing, in short, is an Enterprise IT game changer. Technology and innovation now matter again.

More Than 100 Sponsors and Exhibitors Expected in Silicon ValleyUpcoming Cloud Computing Conference & Expo 2009 West event, which will take place November 2-4, 2009, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Silicon Valley is estimated to have more than 100 sponsors and exhibitors.

Jeremy Geelan is Chairman & CEO of the 21st Century Internet Group, Inc. and an Executive Academy Member of the International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences. Formerly he was President & COO at Cloud Expo, Inc. and Conference Chair of the worldwide Cloud Expo series. He appears regularly at conferences and trade shows, speaking to technology audiences across six continents. You can follow him on twitter: @jg21.

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Cloud computing is Internet based development and use of computer technology. It is a style of computing in which typically real-time scalable resources are provided 'as a service' over the Internet to users who need not have knowledge of, expertise in, or control over the technology infrastructure ("in the cloud") that supports them.

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